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Alternatives Body Chemistry Children Environmental Links Events & News Food Your Home Lawn & Garden Public Spaces What You Can Do GreenCAPE Homepage	GreenCAPE provides information about pesticides and a variety of other environmental threats. Although we do not engage in any political activities such as lobbying, we do feel that people have the right to make their voices heard. We hope the following links and information will make that process easier. Contact Your Elected Officials League of Conservation Voters Education Fund- Dedicated to unleashing the power within all of us to make a difference for the environment. Congress.org- Easy e-mail access to your elected Federal and State officials plus a comprehensive list of issues, organized by category. Mass.gov- Official Commonwealth of Massachusetts website. Contact links plus environmental info. Write a letter to the Editor The Cape Cod Times on-line submission The Boston Globe on-line submission ...........If you feel that you don't know enough yet, Get More Information League of Conservation Voters - Keeps track of legislators environmental voting record. Read In Harm's Way - Toxic Threats to Child Development, a report by Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility and Clean Water Fund, May 2000, Go to the U.S. EPA pesticide web site- Even a real wonk can get lost here. The "offical" place, so don't expect an organic outlook. But loads of info. Read Polluting Our Future: Chemical Pollution in the U.S. that Affects Child Development and Learning, by National Environmental Trust et al. Go to The United States Geological Survey National Water-Quality Assessment Program- Water, water everywhere, but is it safe to drink?	What's in Our Bodies? A Forum on Women's Health Scientific research reveals that each of us walks around with hundreds of chemicals in our bodies that we are exposed to in our daily lives. Many of them are associated with health conditions like cancer, infertility and reproductive problems, asthma and others. Come to this forum to learn about the unique impact of these exposures on women's health. Hear from experts in the following panels: * Systems Interrupted: How Chemicals in our Daily Lives are Linked to Cancer, Infertility and Other Diseases * Unequal Exposures: The Burdens of Toxic Chemicals on Women in Lower Income Communities of Color State House Great Hall 9:45 am - 12:30 pm January 23, 2008 More Worthwhile Reading The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan, 2007 In Defense of Food: an eater's manifesto by Michael Pollan, 2008 Altering Eden - The Feminization of Nature by Deborah Cadbury, Oct. 1999, St. Martin¹s Press Common Sense Pest Control - Least Toxic Solutions for Your Home, Garden, Pests and Community, by William Olkowski, Sheila Daar, and Helen Olkowski, 1991, Taunton Press Fateful Harvest: the true story of a small town, a global industry and a toxic secret by Duff Wilson, 2001, Harper Collins Generations at Risk - Reproductive Health and the Environment by Ted Schettler, M.D., Gina Solomon, M.D., Maria Valenti, and Annette Huddle, 1999, MIT Press Living Downstream - An Ecologist Looks at Cancer and the Environment by Sandra Steingraber, Ph.D., 1997, Addison-Wesley

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